Legality of the
Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, International Court of Justice
ruling

LCNP, in conjunction with the International Association of Lawyers
Against nuclear Arms (IALANA), the International Peace Bureau
(IPB) and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear
War (IPPNW) led the World Court Project, a world-wide campaign
that resulted in an historic opinion from the International Court
of Justice (ICJ) in July 1996. The ICJ ruled that the threat or
use of nuclear weapons is generally illegal, and that states have
an obligation to conclude negotiations on their elimination.